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Health care forum at the LOB
Yesterday’s health care forum started with a strong presentation of the SustiNet proposal by Juan Figueroa of the Universal Health…
Deficit mitigation plan passes; Eliminates Medicaid payments for never events
Early this morning the General Assembly passed HB 6602, a bill to fill the billion dollar budget gap in the…
Health First Authority finalizes their report to the legislature
At their last meeting, by an eight to two vote, the Health First Authority approved their final report to the…
COBRA calls to the consumer helpline
I have been getting more phone calls from people who are losing their jobs and are looking for health insurance.…
Frustrated testimony at the LOB
I testified recently at an Appropriations Committee hearing for the Department of Social Services budget and found myself thinking about…
US Supreme Court rejects federal pre-emption of state law in VT drug case
In a 6 to 3 vote, the Supreme Court Wednesday held that federal law does not pre-empt the right of…
CT insurers push plan for universal health care; Rests on individual mandate
According to today’s Hartford Courant, CT’s insurance industry is promoting a plan to cover everyone in the state. The industry…
Governor releases deficit mitigation proposed cuts for this year
Yesterday Governor Rell released a proposal to mitigate the state budget deficit for the current fiscal year that ends June…
Sheri Aquilino speaks out
The following email arrived at our office yesterday from one of our Board members at the CT Health Policy Project.…